2024-06-30

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Across
  1. 2. To guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain
  2. 4. Identify the persuasive technique: But she felt it, creeping out of the sky , reaching toward her through the sounds , the scents, the colour that filled the air.
  3. 6. A figurative technique that directly compares two things. It differs from metaphors by highlighting the similarities between two things using comparison words such as "like", "as".
  4. 8. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when _________ of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of ‘killed’.
  5. 11. An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
  6. 12. A figurative technique that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings. E.g. loving hate
  7. 13. A narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
  8. 16. Something to float or slide across something smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly.
  9. 17. In After the Funeral, there is no evidence to prove that Richard Abernethie was killed. Therefore his death was ruled as ______.
  10. 19. To cause someone to feel annoyance or trouble
  11. 20. To gradually increase in number or amount.
  12. 22. A feeling of anger and shock
Down
  1. 1. It is a very simple word with various meanings. It can mean to express something in words. E.g. We're going to have to work very hard, but as Chris so succinctly _______ it, there's no gain without pain.
  2. 3. Raise or lift (something) to a higher position; to make someone or something more important
  3. 5. Likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger
  4. 7. Someone or something that takes all the blame or criticism in a situation, although other people or things are responsible too (a phrase)
  5. 9. A group of ships, or all of the ships in a country's navy.
  6. 10. At the funeral, Cora made a ______ saying that her brother Richard was killed.
  7. 11. It is universally acknowledged that a single man in ________ of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
  8. 14. In The Story of an Hour, Mrs. Mallard comes to the __________ that, although she sometimes loved her husband, that she is free and happier without him. She looks forward to her future, rather than dreading it as she had before.
  9. 15. To be forced to do something or feel that you must do something. E.g. Doctors are legally obliged to take certain precautions.
  10. 18. Helen Abernethie had an ________ feeling as if something was wrong. She could not figure it out. Perhaps it was an expression on someone’s face?
  11. 21. Very large, powerful, or important: